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After slaughtering a group of aliens that lived in the plains and learned to hunt nomadic beasts, Faffnir and his hunting group tried to eat the flesh of these aliens.

The wolves tried to extract some useful memories from these brain-poor aliens.

Because these blue-skinned bastards would make screams similar to "titanium" before they died, Faffnir named them the titanium tribe after himself, and this name quickly spread among the exploration fleet, even replacing the serious official name given to the alien by the biological sages.

As the person who named the Titanium Alien, Faffnar created several ways to eat Titanium Alien, among which frying, cooking and grilling all have their own flavors.

Of course, the Ultramarines would prefer to clean these aliens and process them into standardized "titanium cans", but Faffnar claims that this behavior is as boring as those cobalt blue Ultramarines.

"These aliens are actually quite adaptable. Each natural landscape has its own traces of life. The Titanium people living in the plains are taller and stronger, and their flesh is firmer."

"The Titanium people who have been active in the mountains have evolved their bodies to be lighter and more flexible in order to adapt to the environment. Their taste is very ordinary, and I don't like them very much."

"Lord Luo Xi, don't you really want to try it? I guarantee you will be full of praise after eating it."

Faffnar became more and more diligent in selling his skills to Roche. When not in combat, the alpha wolf of the Space Wolves was actually more like some kind of ancient creature called a Husky.

Faffnar, who was becoming increasingly addicted to the flesh and blood of the Tau, enthusiastically tried to sell Roxi some freshly-made canned Tau food, but Roxi just frowned and politely declined the Fenrisian's enthusiastic invitation.

Roche suspected that these wolves were not completely unable to endure Guilliman's pressure, but were simply bored of staying in Macragge and found a reason to come out to relieve their boredom.

Or maybe he was just greedy.

Compared to these unrestrained Space Marines, he was not interested in the Tau, an alien race that was somewhat similar to humans, with limbs and humanoid heads, let alone eating their flesh and blood.

As for the Astartes, it doesn't matter at all. Their genetic detection nerves need to read the memory by absorbing the enemy's blood, internal organs or brain tissue. Preying on the enemy's flesh and blood is a common and basic operation.

The Emperor had this plan in mind when he created these genetically modified warriors.

The most famous legion for devouring the flesh and blood of its enemies is the 9th Legion, the Blood Angels. Before the noble and holy Archangel returned to the legion, the 9th Legion was a notorious legion of ghouls.

The gene seed of the Blood Angels causes their genetic detection nerves to be overdeveloped. They will kill and eat their enemies in battle, and even their dead comrades will be eaten by them, and their memories and experiences will be read.

There are rumors that the Blood Angels can read the thoughts and emotions of the dead through genetic detection nerves, and allow these Astartes whose emotions have been suppressed due to genetic enhancement surgery to feel emotional touch again.

This behavior, which even the Astartes felt was excessive, made the 9th Legion an unpopular symbol in the past, and few legions were willing to fight alongside these ghoulish cousins.

Roshi was originally reluctant to meddle in the Space Wolves' little hobbies, until a vicious incident finally made him furious.

Chapter 225 Gene Editing Species

"Faffnar, I think you've gotten dizzy from drinking Fenrisian honey wine. These Titanoid aliens have excessive amounts of cobalt in their bodies. Astartes may only feel the unique taste when eating them, but mortals cannot. If they ingest Titanoid flesh and blood, they will suffer from fatal poisoning."

"Your recklessness nearly killed several elite auxiliary veterans."

The trend that started with the Space Wolves soon spread to the mortal auxiliary forces that followed the action. After failing to sell it to the battle-brothers of the Ultramarines, Iron Hands, and Raven Guard, the Alpha Wolf changed its target.

He set his sights on the mortal auxiliary troops that followed the army to the battle, and under Faffnir's enthusiastic sales promotion, several greedy veterans of the Ultramar auxiliary army could not help but take the first step.

After all, the most expensive Astartes were being promoted vigorously, and even guaranteed with their chests patted, and many generous mortals directly responded to the enthusiasm of the wild wolves.

They ate the processed [titanium cans], and after feeling the strange taste, their bodies quickly developed severe vomiting and diarrhea reactions.

Even Faffnal had not anticipated such a violent reaction. Realizing that something was wrong, the wolf leader immediately called a doctor and a pharmacist.

The fleet's doctors diagnosed it as severe cobalt poisoning, a very rare disease.

If it weren't for the proper rescue by the Mechanicus's biological mages, these elite mortal veterans might not have died on the cruel battlefield, but instead would have died at the hands of an ordinary alien can.

Roche severely criticized the Space Wolves' outrageous behavior and ordered Faffnir to return to the fleet with his hunting pack to reflect on their actions.

"Lord Roshi, anyone who dies from tasting the flesh and blood of a monster will definitely be given a thumbs-up and praised as a hero in Fenris. This is a very desirable way to die."

“I think you are biased against us.”

Faffnar was still trying to make trouble, but Roxi, who was familiar with them, had already seen through the wolves' tricks.

Never, ever try to reason with the Sons of Leman Russ, or they will use their strange logic to completely trap you.

They will drag both parties to a low IQ level, and then use their experience to defeat the other party.

The best way is to follow the rules of the Sixth Legion and directly use physical persuasion.

The low-key Nikonna Sharokin emerged from the shadows, beat up Faffnir with a swift and decisive blow, and sent the entire hunting team back to the cruiser for reflection.

After being taught a lesson by the Crow of Mourning, the leader wolf immediately admitted defeat and obeyed the order obediently.

What Luo Xi didn't know was that after returning to the cruiser, the Wolf Leader continued his sales campaign.

The enthusiastic Space Wolves implored the priests of the Mechanicum to filter out the excessive cobalt in the flesh of the Titanoids to make them adaptable to the mortal digestive system.

Faffnar even ordered the mortal recorders accompanying the army to focus on recording this alien specialty snack on planet DX-114, and he sent a communication to his cousins ​​who were still on the surface of the planet, requesting that a portion of the Titanium be preserved and kept in a closed canyon area to prevent them from becoming completely extinct.

"I have found a new delicious ingredient for the people of the Empire. You should thank me. This is the contribution of the great son of Rus to mankind."

When Roche heard what Faffnar said, his eyes turned dark. At this moment, he regretted bringing these wolves with him very much. He should have left them with Guilliman instead of suffering for him.

What bothered Roxi the most was not the reckless behavior of these wild wolves. The exploration fleet did not find the required black stone deposits on planet DX-114. However, according to the perception of the probe launched earlier, there was indeed something here that attracted its attention.

"It's strange. There's nothing on this planet except those titanium aliens. I always feel like there's something odd."

Luo Xi flipped back and forth between the information sent back by the front line, as well as the more detailed information about the Titanium uploaded by the Mechanicus sages accompanying the army.

"Sage Lawrence Cloverfield conducted a more in-depth genetic test on the Titanium. Although this alien species does not have many characteristics in terms of anatomy, Sage Lawrence still decided to understand the Titanium more comprehensively and carefully."

The report in his hand came from a Mechanicum biological sage named Lawrence, whose specialization was gene editing. When leaving Macragge for Sosa, the sage requested to accompany him.

The reason Lawrence gave was that he wanted to collect genetic samples of life in remote areas of the galaxy to facilitate his research. Naturally, Roche had no reason to refuse the request of such a senior talent to join.

"According to standard genetic testing, the Titanium aliens originated from the ocean. Their ancestors left the ocean and headed for land at some point in time."

These data reminded Luo Xi of the human species, which also moved from the ocean to the land in the beginning.

Although not all life forms are born in a way similar to humans, among these similar life forms, the vast majority were born in the ocean.

"As for when the Tau left the ocean... Sage Lawrence gave a reference of 1,500 years ago?"

How many years?

Luo Xi immediately lowered his head and looked at the information and fell silent.

He silently recalled the level of civilization displayed by the Titans. If a species took only fifteen hundred years to move from marine life to land, and quickly skipped the period of ignorance, learned to use tools and fire, and gave birth to the seeds of civilization.

hiss……

A mere 1,500 years is not a very long period of time for a budding species; it can even be said to be extremely short.

If just now he had some intuitive doubts, now Luo Xi was sure that there must be something fishy about this planet.

Normally, it would be impossible for a species to complete the transition from a marine creature to a terrestrial upright creature in such a short period of time.

And if this race is really so superior that it took only a few thousand years to complete the journey that other races, such as humans, took tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of years to complete, then Roche must eradicate it completely.

If we give them another 1,500 years, wouldn't they be able to upgrade directly to the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, or even the Age of Modern Industry?

"Sage Lawrence, please come to my office. I have something to discuss with you."

Luo Xi dialed the biological sage's number and asked him to discuss the matter in person.

It took Sage Lawrence about twenty minutes to get from the cruiser where the Mechanicus was located to his office on the Roche Red Alert. Half of the brain of this Mechanicus sage had been mechanized, and what was particularly special was his electronic eye that flashed a red light.

Some metal cables connected his biological brain to the secondary processors and auxiliary computers. Luo Xi couldn't see how many parts under his robes were still original flesh and blood, but at least he still looked like a human being.

Many of the Mechanicus priests on the Forge World of Mustafar actually only have a rough human appearance left, while their inner selves have long since transformed into various jaw-dropping structures.

Even though these oil guys always kill enemies who are learning forbidden techniques in the name of eradicating heresy, when the forbidden technology is really in front of them, they rush forward faster than anyone else.

The old guy Buckle Dylan is a real old fox. The entire Five Hundred Worlds' Forging World is under his huge influence. Mars even has to obtain his consent before exerting influence on the Five Hundred Worlds.

The Far Eastern Mechanicus only knew of the Great Sage Barker Dylan, but was unaware of the Forge General Kebhar.

"Sage, please stop talking nonsense and tell me what you found. I also noticed something unusual."

As soon as the two met, the sage Lawrence performed a gear salute first. In terms of identity, Luo Xi was considered one of their own because of Mustafa, and the casting director even gave him some fancy titles to show closeness.

"Well, I conducted a thorough test and analysis of the genes of the Titanium Clan, and finally found several very interesting points."

He projected the research data onto the holographic projection and highlighted the abnormal areas with high brightness.

Sage Lawrence spoke at a leisurely pace, always revealing a calm temperament.

"The Titanium species has several original genes with subtle signs of editing."

"According to my research theory, these regions seem to be out of tune with the rest of the genetic code. At least they shouldn't be so efficient."

"So I guess they are actually a gene-edited species."

Chapter 226: Just a Tool

"The primitive aliens like the Titanium have extremely subtle traces of gene editing, but it is not complete. Something is secretly controlling their reproduction and evolution."

"It's just that we don't know why, because these gene edits only exist in a few areas. If they want to create a perfect species, why not continue?"

Luo Xi crossed his fingers and leaned back in his chair. The sage's conclusion was beyond his expectations, but it made sense when he thought about it carefully.

The development of this alien race is fraught with mysteries. It has taken them 1,500 years to reach their current state, and there must have been some intervention from some entity.

But who would do this?

There is no way. Humans know too little about this group of stars located in the easternmost part of the Milky Way, and even less about its history.

"Based on the development experience of our own civilization, we can roughly deduce that the development of a civilization must be a spiral upward. It will usher in an explosive period, and after the explosion, it will also take time to digest and adapt. It may even go backwards and take the wrong path due to accidental variables of some historical events."

Sage Lawrence said that his research direction is gene editing, which cannot avoid the modifications that humans have made to their own genes over the past tens of thousands of years. While exploring the genetic maze, he also has a deeper understanding of human history.

"But the Titanium don't. The editing traces deep in their genes directly help them make their choices."

"When they were still in the primitive age, the power of genes drove them to leave the ocean and walk on land, and they also evolved a respiratory system suitable for land life."

"When they walked onto land, they quickly evolved the right physiological structures and even started using tools."

"To what extent are they dominated? Is it possible to find out?"

Luo Xi asked. He was not proficient in the knowledge in this area, and biology has always been his weak point.

"It took millions of years for the primitive ancestors of humans, fish that lived in the ocean, to come onto land. Through genetic mutation and natural selection, a group of organisms that could adapt to the environment eventually survived and passed on their genes."

"This is equivalent to using exhaustive enumeration to calculate a relatively correct answer, which is the most normal and widespread primitive evolutionary state."

Sage Lawrence expressed his own point of view that the more in-depth the research on biological genes is, the more one can feel the magic of so-called natural selection.